ERICA Beaumontia. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers muticae,, inclusae. Flores in ultimis ramulis 
terminales terni vel seni. Pedunculi rubri. Corolla 
campanulata, magna, alba, et cernua : oris laciniis revo¬ 
lutis. Folia terna vel quaterna, linearia, patentia, ob¬ 
tusa, supra subplana, subtus sulcata j marginibus glan¬ 
dulosis. Caulis subpedalis, fruticosus 5 ramis et ramulis 
flexuosis. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers terminate 
the branches in threes or sixes. Footstalks red. Blossom 
bell-shaped, large, white, and nodding. Segments of the 
border rolled back. Leaves by threes or fours, linear, 
spreading, obtuse, nearly flat on the upper surface, fur¬ 
rowed beneath. Edges glandular. Stem nearly a foot 
high, shrubby. Large and smaller branches flexuose. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from May till July. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A leaf, magnified. 
2. Empalement. 
3. A chive, magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
